# Toilers of the sea

By Victor Hugo.

"Toilers of the Sea" by Victor Hugo is a novel published in 1866. Set on Guernsey after the Napoleonic Wars, it follows Gilliatt, a social outcast who loves Deruchette, a shipowner's niece. When a steamship wrecks on a dangerous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whoever salvages its engine. Gilliatt volunteers for this perilous mission, facing extreme physical challenges including a deadly battle with an octopus, while enduring the scorn of his community in pursuit of an uncertain reward. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Editor: Ernest Rhys
- Translator: W. Moy Thomas
- Subjects: Fishers -- Fiction; Sailors -- Fiction; French fiction -- Translations into English; Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- Fiction; Channel Islands -- Fiction

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